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Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?

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Re: Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?

#71

For me, it was Art of Code by Dylan Beattie, but mostly because that talk has the best ending[0] I have seen. Also, introduced to me a side of programming that I instinctively knew existed but never sought out. [0]: https://youtu.be/6avJHaC3C2U?t=3366

Thanks for the suggestion, thoroughly enjoyed watching it

Re: Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?

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post #34

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvBT4XBdoUE

My favorite talk is the Live View twitter demo on my case: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZvmYaFkNJI.

Never before I've been so bluffed by a new technology, he's building a small twitter clone in 20min with live reload, browser sync and everything, this would take days with any other traditional tech I know.

Re: Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?

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It's not tech per se, but the "Golden Webinars in Astrophysics" series has a number of talks on a wide range of topics. The lectures are given by senior and well-respected people in their sub-fields. They are available in English and Spanish.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsYCyopp4jY&list=PLnuCZ3n0pW...

Re: Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?

#75

For me, it was Art of Code by Dylan Beattie, but mostly because that talk has the best ending[0] I have seen. Also, introduced to me a side of programming that I instinctively knew existed but never sought out. [0]: https://youtu.be/6avJHaC3C2U?t=3366

If you have a bit of interest in programming, math and art, this is 1 hour of pure joy. Thanks for this

Re: Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?

#76

https://www.weforum.org/great-reset/ Overall I agree with much of the tone that they set and some of the things are long overdue. --- Edit: duckduckgo censor the search query "the great reset" when you search for the first time. proof: https://imgur.com/UbsvTCz Edit2: Changed from "sometimes" to "when you search for the first time" in response to the comment below.

FWIW I spent nearly two weeks marking "the great reset" on my twitter trends as "not interested", only for it to still show up, both in the forms I had already blocked and in new ones (#thegreatreset, "great reset", etc). You don't get that kind of trend persistence without some entity pushing hard for it via bots.

I don't know why DDG blocked that query, but I would bet it was due to bot spam.

Re: Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?

#78
post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They scheduled a conference for a European audience between Christmas and the New Year? Why?!

they do the same thing for the CCC conference. I think the reasoning is "only the people who are really into it will attend". I agree that it's a bit... dumb.

This is this year's CCC.

Re: Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?

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post #68

My favorite talk this year was Snapchat Keynote primarily because of how they produced it given it was totally virtual but gave a feeling of being at a big event : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfvubHha69k Btw, I run this newsletter if you are interested in becoming a better technical presenter etc - breakdown great talks by tech speakers etc: http://tinyletter.com/suyash

Can I see an example of your newsletter without having to subscribe first?

Turn the newsletter into RSS: https://kill-the-newsletter.com/

Re: Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?

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post #68

My favorite talk this year was Snapchat Keynote primarily because of how they produced it given it was totally virtual but gave a feeling of being at a big event : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfvubHha69k Btw, I run this newsletter if you are interested in becoming a better technical presenter etc - breakdown great talks by tech speakers etc: http://tinyletter.com/suyash

Can I see an example of your newsletter without having to subscribe first?

sure, I'll be releasing first 1st week of Jan so you can check that webpage again. Here is a talk I gave if you like to know what one of the topics that will be covered extensively - storytelling for technical speakers : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCNDJ32JqMw
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